Universal #1076
Legacy number: 1076
| Number | 1072 |
| Original | Where stress is demarcative (i.e., in languages with fixed stress), syllabification across word boundaries ought to be less likely than where stress is non-demarcative (i.e., in languages with lexical stress). |
| Standardized | Syllabification across word boundaries is likelier when stress is non-demarcative than when it is demarcative. |
| Keywords | stress, syllabification, word boundary |
| Domain | prosodic phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | sample of 444 languages in Hyman 1977 |
| Source | Hyman 1977: 55 |
Discussion
Notes
IF syllabification across word boundaries is possible, THEN stress is likely to be non-demarcative.
Comment
IF syllabification across word boundaries is possible, THEN stress is likely to be non-demarcative.
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